Quotes
So they say
"Most Indian collectors go for Indian masters, say like a Husain,
but these don’t even compare in global recognition or value to
Impressionist art. It’s rare to get such paintings. My father (Cyrus)
and me not only enjoy such art; even in terms of investment
it’s a different league.”
Impressionist art. It’s rare to get such paintings. My father (Cyrus)
and me not only enjoy such art; even in terms of investment
it’s a different league.”
Adar Poonawalla, who reportedly recently purchased 15 works of art by artists such as Dali, Picasso,
van Gogh, Raoul Dufy, Rembrandt and Titian, Mumbai Mirror, July 19, 2013
"The world body doesn’t want to see blood... We don’t allow contact or touch.”
Kyoshi Vispy Kapadia, president, All India Gojukai Karate-Do,
Afternoon Despatch and Courier, July 25, 2013
"Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself — it only requires opportunity.”
George Eliot, British author, quoted in The Free Dictionary
"I had to make a choice — I can be sacked by one human being who can be unreasonable or by 12 clients. I chose the latter.”
Zarvan Patel, co-founder, Ideas@Work, on why he started out on his own, Campaign India, July 26, 2013
"There is an old saying that if law-breakers are not in jail,
they will be in the legislatures. That is the case today.”
they will be in the legislatures. That is the case today.”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, columnist, married to a Parsi, Shahnaz,
The Times of India, July 14, 2013
The Times of India, July 14, 2013
"Many trainers yet train dogs using methods of intimidation and pain — it is not needed anymore.”
Shirin Merchant, professional canine behaviorist,
Afternoon Despatch and Courier, July 24, 2013
"‘If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong;’ ‘War does not determine who is right, only who is left;’ ‘We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public;’ ‘I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you;’ ‘A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory.’”
Karan Thapar, columnist and television anchor citing witty barbs,
Hindustan Times, August 4, 2013
Hindustan Times, August 4, 2013
"The ethos of a school, to put it mildly, is not pro-individual creation.”
Adil Jussawalla, poet, Mid Day,
August 4, 2013
August 4, 2013
"Nobody likes Ernest, that, is straight stuff, and when he writes stories — we all cry ‘Enough.’”
Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize winner for literature, from clippings of his first assignments as a
high school newspaper reporter when 16 years old, Associated Press, The Indian Express, July 22, 2013
"Dear Lucile. The worst thing your husband has done to you
is to make you sarcastic.”
is to make you sarcastic.”
Hilary Mantel, twice winner of the Booker Prize, in A Place of Greater Safety, 1992
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